Mourinho did not get the new centre-half he wanted in the transfer window and, from the comments he made after the Leicester match about being a head coach instead of a manager, he is still not happy about it.

Former Manchester United midfielder Scholes explained what it would take for Mourinho to stand down as the Red Devils boss at the end of the Premier League season.

Speaking on BBC Radio 5Live, Moyes – who oversaw 51 games as United boss – said: “The main signing Man United have made this summer is Fred, and I think the rest of it is potential and back-up as far as the goalkeeper goes”. Over, it’s finished, the market is closed.

That’s football, that’s football management, and I think football is changing and probably football managers should be called head coaches.

“I came back on Monday so it was very hard for the legs and the stamina but we played very well”. The Foxes spent the summer upgrading their defense, signing Jonny Evans and Ricardo Pereira to shore up a defense that allowed 60 goals last season, the fifth most in the Premier League. “Forget the name, forget the history, forget the shirts”.

Asked if he had the tools to compete without new signings, Mourinho said: “I have my players, I like my players, I like to work with my players”.

Leicester would have 13 shots to United’s eight and 54 per cent of possession, they won praise from Mourinho, but they did not score the most goals and United were able to bring on attacking talent in the second half to change things up.

“Fantastic spirit and I think periods of very good football and in the periods where Leicester were stronger we played as a team and we coped well with the situation”. “Everyone is hungry for that, that is the trophy we want”.

It was Shaw, who just like Pogba has endured some tough times under Mourinho, who was the unlikely late hero for United. “[Romelu] Lukaku and [Maroaune] Fellaini were available to help the team”.

Of Pogba’s penalty, which came after just 75 seconds, he said: “A very good penalty taker. Impossible for [Kasper] Schmeichel – he needed wings”. Paul [Pogba] was fantastic – his contribution was incredible, but the fuel was disappearing every minute, so we were in trouble and we needed [Scott] McTominay and [Marouane] Fellaini to give me that balance in midfield.

More than anything else, he was at the centre of nearly everything good that United did against Claude Puel’s side, in both defence and attack, utterly committed to being involved in all aspects of the game.